Monthly Dateline Newsletter
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Columbus Torah Academy Monthly Dateline
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CTA students have been At-Home Learning since March 16 due to COVID-19.
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MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF SCHOOL, RABBI AVROHOM DRANDOFF
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CTA IS THRIVING - AN UPDATE IN THE ERA OF COVID-19
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We welcome you to join us at these End of Year events. While we can't join together in our beautiful school building, we can show our support for our students, teachers and school traditions by tuning in virtually. All events will be broadcast at
www.torahacademy.org or as indicated on flyer.
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Proposed Slate of Officers and Trustees can be viewed
here.
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Following the last day of classes for the 2019-2020 school year, CTA families are invited to and End of Year Drop Off/Pick Up Parade on Friday, June 12 from 9:30-11:30 am. Families will drive onto campus and follow a path to see their teachers, drop off various school resources they may have had at home (library books, technology, textbooks, etc) and pick up items from school (personal effects, schoolwork, special treat and more). This will also be an opportunity to wave goodbye to teachers. Let's end the year right. Join the parade! Parents are asked to come at assigned times based on first initial of last name.
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Check out the parade "route" here.
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PHOTOS AROUND CAMPUS ... ER, FROM AT HOME
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Keep sharing your pictures and videos
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Above & Beyond Success: Our community joined together to show their love and support for a CTA education during our online Spring Fundraiser. More than 600 donors raised over $516,000, making it the school's second largest Giving Day.
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Teacher Appreciation Week, Month, Year...Spearheaded by PTO, teachers were honored for all they do for our school and our students with small gifts and lawn signs all around town. In classrooms students and parents shared their appreciation. And a BIG shout out to all the parents helping to teach at home (in addition to their regular work oad) and all the teachers doing double duty as teacher/parent. It's been a wild ride!
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Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut: Observing and celebrating these important holidays from home brought meaning and celebration to our school community. Joining in a Global Yom HaAtzmaut Celebration with schools across the globe in conjunction with classroom activities ranging from Israel Trivia Kahoot, Israeli Cuisine Cooking Class, Virtual Tours of Israel and more, our Hebrew Language faculty led memorable and education programming.
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Kindness is Contagious: The
5th grade class was inspired by their teacher Mrs. Kohn's lessons about self improvement and changing the world one good deed at a time. The students started their own Kids4Chai fundraiser to raise money to fund programming for Jewish children battling cancer.
Encouraged by inspiring and perpetuating a culture of kindness, two students, Elana Goldstein and Alia Newman, have been publishing a class-wide weekly newsletter called Kindness is Contagious to share inspiration and ideas to be kind. To subscribe, share you email with
anewman@torahacademy.org
or
egoldstein@torahacademy.org
Click
here
for a very adorable video snippet from their newsletter that will for sure bring you joy.
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Field Day: While not a typical "day", students in grades K-8 engaged in tons of physical, educational and entertaining challenges over a three day period. 8th grade team captains and 7th grade junior captains led 6 different teams in cheers, spirit and fun. Gym Teacher, Mr. Bailey sent everyone a list of individual challenges and participants submitted photo and video evidence of completing each task. Everyone enjoyed watching team videos at Zoom closing ceremonies and heading to one of the neighborhood "drive through" stations for an ice pop - a traditional end of Field Day CTA treat! Enjoy some video and pictures to see how much fun everyone had.
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Chavruta-Fest, 1000 Hours of Learning: While students aren't sitting together in the classroom, they have adapted well to learning Torah in different ways. Challenged by their Rabbeim with 1000 hours of Torah learning, they have been engaged in study through Zoom virtual classes, social distancing "meet ups" and more.
The evening option Chavruta Fest (1.0 and 2.0, with 3.0 being planned) was an opportunity for students "to learn something new with someone new". With a chance wheel matching up partners and Rabbi Davies helping to make a comprehensive list of sources to learn, more than 30 students have been participating.
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Tikun Leil Shavuot: So many happenings in all of the grades in preparation for Shavuot. Here is a picture of the 6th grade family learning night with Morah Shira (earlier in the day, they baked cheesecake over Zoom). High School students had the honor of a shiur with Rabbi Avraham Willig.
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Anatomy & Physiology: Dr. Park's Anat & Phys high school students ended the year with some experiences to support their learning. Students designed, scaled, and did many many pilot prints to get a final 3D printed skeleton. Mr. Spurlock, Technology Integration Coordinator, worked with the students throughout the whole project working with the students remotely to get all the bones finalized. The students learned tech skills in bio-mechanical engineering in conjunction with anatomy.
They also had a guest speaker when CTA parent, Dr. Jonathan Gisser, pediatric gastroenterologist at Nationwide Children's Hospital visited their remote classroom to talk in depth about the digestive system. Students were highly engaged and full of questions. Dr. Gisser graciously answered them all.
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Garden Spring Harvest: Thanks to the hard work of CTA Garden Club last fall, fresh delicious spinach, kale, carrots and colorful sage have been growing and a bountiful harvest was delivered to community members in need on a recent erev Shabbat. The garden received a large donation from a new and unexpected source that will allow the construction of a fence to safeguard the garden from active (and hungry) wildlife. Thank you Cap City Restoration LLC.
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Advanced Placement Testing (and Fun): The culmination of Advanced Placement courses is the standardized exam which brings great anxiety followed by relief. Exemplary scoring on the exams can translate into college credit, but for all the students, the experience is an introduction to rigorous academic study and prepares them for college and beyond. This year exams were taken in Calculus, English Language and Composition and Biology.
Mr. Guinan's class decompressed with a musical Zoom rendition of Maroon 5's Three Little Birds because "everything is going to be alright".
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SAVE THE DATE - THE BIG GIVE
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CTA is proud to join with with The Columbus Foundation for a 25 hour online giving rally where donations will be matched from a $1 million pool. Click
here for more information.
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Please note that the calendar is being revised to reflect cancellations and events being transitioned to virtual. In addition, new events are being added.
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SHABBAT CANDLE LIGHTING TIMES
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June 5: 8:39 pm
June 12: 8:43 pm
June 19: 8:46 pm
June 26: 8:47 pm
July 3: 8:46 pm
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Marni Rosen (Class of 2001) and Elie Saltzman on the birth of a daughter and to grandparents Alex and Susan Rosen
Daniel Frank (8th grade class of 1988) on the birth of a daughter and to grandmother Sarah Frank
Dr. Avi and Karen Mikalov on the engagement of their son Jacob to Julie Ecker of Columbus
Rabbi Yitzhak and Tzivia Zuckerman on the Bar Mitzvah of their son Mordechai
Noah Hazan (Class of 2014) on his engagement to Sarah Schwartz of Edison , New Jersey and to parents Arie and Shana Hazan
Shoshana Menaged (8th grade class of 2007) on her marriage to Zvi Alkon and to parents Nathan Menaged and Enid Menaged.
Aryeh Schottenstein (8th grade class of 1996) on the birth of his daughter and to grandparents Tuvia and Lea Schottenstein
Riki Shenkar (Class of 2016) on her graduation from the Ohio State University and to parents Dr. Oded and Miriam Shenkar
Sarah (Siegel) Silverberg (Class of 2007) on the birth of a daughter and to grandparents Jeff and Tobi Siegel
Susie (Chana Tzirel) Wilhelm (Class of 2015) on her engagement to Yosef Warren and to her mom Esther Wilhelm
Dr. Sam Levy (8th grade class of 1997) on the birth of a son and to grandparents Dr. Alan and Barbara Levy
Jane Shevkin on receiving first place in the Cole Essay Contest and to parents Yuriy Shevkin and Alina Galbmillion
Benzion Gisser on receiving second place in the Cole Essay Contest and to parents Elana Burak and Dr. Jon and Miriam Gisser
Gillian Herszage on receiving third place in the Cole Essay Contest and to parents Dotan and Shari Herszage
Ariella Hartstein (Class of 2016) on her graduation from The Ohio State University and to parents Jonathan and Agi Hartstein (8th grade class of 1975)
Sarah (Siegel) Silverberg (Class of 2007) on the birth of a daughter and to grandparents Cantor Jeff and Tobi Siegel
Ben Supowit (8th grade class of 1997) on the birth of a daughter and to grandparents Dr. Ken and Nancy Supowit
Becky Portman (Class of 2015) on her graduation from the University of Michigan and to parents Drs. David and Miriam Portman
Jenna Rodier (8th grade class of 2013) on her graduation from The Ohio State University and to parents Ian and Pam Rodier
Danny Lebowitz (Class of 2011) on his graduation from The Ohio State University Dental School and to spouse, Valery (Galakachieva) Lebowitz (Class of 2010) and parents David Lebowitz and Shelly and Dr. Al Dembe
Ben Winter (Class of 2009) on his graduation from Capital Law School and to parents, Steve and Cherie Winter
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Karen and Dr. Avi Mikalov and Natanielle (Mikalov) (Class of 2007) and Dr. Avi Cooper on the loss of mother and grandmother Nora Goldman
Bob and Patty Wolf, Josh Wolf (Class of 2016) and Rachel Wolf (Class of 2018) on the loss of father and grandfather Jerome Wolf
Albert and Jaki Keri, Nathaniel Keri (Class of 2014) on the loss of mother and grandmother Saltanat Kohen Sion
Rozalia and Sam Shostak, Alina (Shostak) (Class of 1999) and Eugene Samurin on the loss of mother and grandmother Freyda Moshkovich
Varda Yishai-Korn former faculty member and Smadar and Steve Import and family on the loss of brother and uncle Yisroel Habshush
Tova Gil, former faculty member, Bruria (Gil) Kodse (8th grade class of 1990), Baruch and Mina Shifman on the loss of husband , father and brother in law, Menashe Gil
Shifra Elkind, Ella and Vladamir Gelfand, and Oleg(Yehoshua) Gelfand (Class of 2006) on the loss of husband, father and grandfather Mikhail Elkind
David and Rochell (Press) Weisfogel (8th grade class of 1969), Rebecca (Weisfogel) Fink (Class of 2002), Miriam (Weisfogel) Becker (Class of 2002), Ari Weisfogel (Class of 2002) and Leah (Weisfogel) Starkman (Class of 2002) on the loss of aunt Bella Weisfogel
Jennifer Diehl and family on the loss of two grandmothers
Yakov Galbmillion, Alina (Yuriy Shevkin) Galbmillion and Jane Shevkin (Class of 2020) on the loss of wife, mother, and grandmother Anna Zilberman
Fred Needham and Sima Gellman, Phillip Needham (8th grade class of 1991) on the loss of mother and grandmother Dorothy Corrigan
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Have a lifecycle event to share?
Opportunities to sponsor A Day of Learning are now available at CTA. For a $180 donation, you can make a
donation, in honor, in memory, in appreciation, for a speedy recovery or in celebration of a person, a birthday or an event. To schedule a day, contact
sherszage@torahacademy.org
or
adrandoff@torahacademy.org
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The sponsorship will be listed in the CTA Weekly Communicator, the monthly CTA Dateline, posted on the monitor in the school lobby, and announced to the students.
For the months of April and May
- For Friday, April 3 is sponsored by Mr. Staffilino in honor of the birthday of his grandson, David, who will be 5 this weekend! Happy, Happy birthday!
- For Monday, April 20 is sponsored by Daniel Newman and Ilana Klamka and family in memory of beloved brother and uncle Eytan Klamka. May his neshama have an aliya.
- For Monday, May 11 is sponsored by Henry and Candis Schwarz in memory of Henry's mother, Ruth Schwarz on her 10th yahrzeit which is on Iyar 17 this weekend. May her memory be for a blessing.
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CTA accepts donations to our Annual Fund or Scholarship Fund throughout the year. We also accept Tribute Donations in memory of or in honor of loved ones. Donations can be made through the school office at 614-864-0299 or online by clicking
here
. Donations received 4/1/20 through 5/31/20
To the Annual Fund
Steve and Kim Geiger in honor of Dotan Herszage's birthday
Martin Levitin in honor of Dotan Herszage's birthday
Cheri Leeman in honor of Dotan Herszage's birthday
Rick and Debbie Vogel in honor of Dotan Herszage's birthday
Ben Goldberg in honor of Dotan Herszage's birthday
Michelle Kantor-Silbiger in honor of Dotan Herszage's birthday
Carlos and Francillia Herrera in honor of Dotan Herszage's birthday
Mandy Mohler in honor of Dotan Herszage's birthday
Jonathan and Miriam Gisser in honor of Dotan Herszage's birthday
Cap City Restoration LLC for the CTA Garden Project
Nutis Press for Teacher Appreciation Week signs
Alex and Galit Benzaquen in honor of CTA teachers and staff
Andy and Carrie Madison in memory of beloved father and grandfather, Jerome Wolf
Jeffrey and Debbie Meyer in memory of Dr. Bob Wolf's father, Jerome Wolf
Jackson Leonard in memory of Irv Baker
Steve and Patty Feuer in memory of Jerome Wolf
Bob and Marcia Hershfield in memory of Jerome Wolf
Melissa and Brian Feldman in memory of Jerome Wolf
Yitzchak Gold in memory of Sonia G. Fesman
For a Day of Learning
Daniel Newman and Ilana Klamka for a day of learning in memory of Eytan Klamka
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CTA was accepted into the JewishColumbus cohort for Life & Legacy. The Life & Legacy Initiative is a partnership of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation and JewishColumbus. Over the next four years, CTA along with 17 other local Jewish organizations will receive training, coaching, and incentives to raise awareness of the importance of planned giving.
Are you interested in finding out how you can leave a lasting gift to CTA? Have you already included CTA in your trust, retirement fund, will or life insurance policy?
If you answered yes to either question or want to find out more about Life & Legacy, contact Rabbi Drandoff, Shari Herszage or Board President, Bob Wolf.
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If you have a CTA Tzedakah Box, don't forget to fill it and empty it often.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED DROP OFF (OR MAIL IN) DATE IS Monday, June 8, 2020
. You can choose to send in a check with the amount of the contents or put the change and cash into an envelope or baggie and send in with your child. Amounts are counted towards your Give and Get and are a great addition to the donations the school receives. If you need a new or more Tzedakah boxes, contact Shari.
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